Hand-Painted Post Card titled "Paducah from Owen's Island"

ID: 234
This file appears in: Paducah, Kentucky
Hand-Painted Post Card titled "Paducah from Owen's Island"

Hand painted postcard showing image of the Ohio River near Paducah, KY. .

Image Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society

This file appears in: Paducah, Kentucky

By Stuart Sanders
Historical Marker #918 at Paducah in McCracken County notes the county's namesake, Virgil McCracken, who was killed during the War of 1812. Virgil McCracken's parents were early Kentucky settlers who lived near present-day Frankfort and…